Pro GRT: Neer, Kingshill to the top

  
  


(June 29, 2016) – Shawn Neer (Arvada, Colo./Yeti-Enve-Smith) and Samantha Kingshill (Sacramento, Calif.) overtook the 2016 Pro Mountain Bike Gravity Tour (Pro GRT) standings with wins at the June 23-26 Chile Challenge in Angel Fire, N.M.
 
Samantha Kingshill raced to first in the women's Pro GRT with her win at Angel Fire.
Samantha Kingshill raced to first in the women's Pro GRT with her win at Angel Fire. (photo by Philip Beckman/pbcreativephoto.com)

Neer moved to first in the men’s standings with 181 points after qualifying first in Angel Fire on Saturday before winning the men’s DH the next day. Kingshill ranks first in the women’s standings with 205 points on the heels of her first place qualification and win over the weekend.
 
Full Chile Challenge results.
 
PRO GRT STANDINGS:
 
Men’s Standings
1. Shawn Neer (Arvada, Colo./Yeti-Enve-Smith) 181
2. Mitch Ropelato (Ogden, Utah/SRAM-TLD-Santa Cruz) 155
3. Logan Binggeli (Saint George, Utah/KHS Factory Racing) 154
4. Tanner Stephens (Concord, Calif.) 152
5. Austin Hackett Klaube (Dillon, Colo.) 149
 
Women’s Standings
1. Samantha Kingshill (Sacramento, Calif.) 205
2. Jill Kintner (Bellingham, Wash./ Red Bull-Norco Bicycles) 200
3. Angelina Palermo (Butler, Pa.) 147
4. Jacqueline Thomas (Winter Park, Colo./Winter Park Competition Center) 91
5. Lauren Daney (Stafford, Va.) 80
5. Jaime Rees (Spokane Valley, Wash.) 80
 
Full Pro GRT standings.
 
COMING UP
 
The Pro GRT hits the midpoint next month with the July 28-31 Beast of the East in Killington, Vt.


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